>>24357101

FreeRadical made good games?

HAHA.jpg

Haze wasn't a bad game.

Just another generic fucking shooter.

So the good parts of Rare just evaporated after the N64, eh?

Because they're not with Rare now, and they never were with Free Radical.

>>24357129
>:(

>>24357101
>>24357101

Euhm.. making bad games is a bad idea!
Sucky games sucky sales. Dont blame ps3, free radical just sucks balls at making games!

Link or GTFO

Seriously. They wouldn't close doors until at least the next Timesplitters got released.

Haze wasn't bad. It just got a lower score than the other generic shooters because those companies paid more.

fuck. Free radical made good games.

and then they made Haze.

Timesplitters was and still is the best FPS franchise, it's very hard to argue that. Charm, gameplay and just a lot of fun, TS2 is easily on of my top 10 games of all time.

>>24357254
Shut the fuck up, you never played Haze.

>>24357185
It's true, sadly. We had a fucking long thread about it too.
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/free-radical-design-latest-to-face-financial-trouble

Haze was a big mistake, which they should have seen coming.
They deserve it, bellends

>>24357129

I hope you get cancer and die. Seriously. I really do.

>>24357263
oh god no


Time Splitters is terrible.

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/free-radical-design-latest-to-face-financial-trouble

here is the link from the previous thread

Haze wasnt bad, but when it was released it just felt so god damn dated, its like Free Radical got lazy

>>24357360
>terrible
Hardly. RIP Free Radical.
(Haze was a mistake)

RIP

Timesplitters was one of the best FPSs to date, and I'm a hardcore PC gamer.

>>24357315

BAWWWWWWWWWWWW SOMEONE DOESN'T LIKE MY SHITTY GAMES.

yeah, that's why knomi prefered to make a duck hunt metal gears instead of porting it to a 360

>>24357142
then why did it sell so little?
Halo was the same.

Time Splitters was good, not great

If time Splitters 2 had online play it would be the greatest console shooter of all time

>>24357483
PS3 games dont sell in general, LBP has only sold 1million copies, and 18 million ps3 have been confirmed as sold

which really makes me fucking wonder what on earth are people playing on their ps3s if theyre not buying the AAA titles

>>24357101
lol popular

Shitty developer dies due to shitty, overhyped games on failing platform. This is news?

>>24357560
wait, so well get Timesplitters 4?

FUCK YES

>>24357536
Blu-Rays

>>24357101
Gee, sure love your straw man argument there OP.

>LBP has only sold 1million copies,
>only.

>>24357648
thats not alot

mgs4 and gears 2 sold alot better when they were released

>>24357644
doesnt make it any less truth

>>24357536

They're not playing anything, they were likely purchased as inexpensive name brand blu-ray players that are future proof.

>>24357101
QUICK, BLAME PIRACY!
oh, you're on the ps3

>>24357486

TimeSplitters 2 was still my favorite FPS from the days before online was essential. Was just incredibly fun.

>>24357679
Naughty Dog and Insomniac seem to be doing pretty good, maybe cause they actually put effort into their exclusives

Haze was bad, and Free Radical should feel bad for making it

>>24357129

You're a pretty bad troll, as Time Splitters was fucking awesome.

>>24357486
Uh, didn't the Playstation 2 version have that? I know Future Perfect did.

Sup guys, imma go play some Second Sight now, tyvm for reminding me of it.

>1,000,000
>thats not alot

yeah... only £25,000,000, fucking pocket change, amirite?

>>24357733
Timesplitters 2 didnt have online(not on the ps2 anyway)

Future perfect did, but i didnt like future perfect as much as 2,something felt a little off about it

>>24357710
This may come out fanboyishly, and well it is too an extent, IT ALSO DOESN'T HELP WHEN THE MEDIA IS BIAS AGAINST YOU.

>>24357710
No, their games suck shit, too. The only reason they haven't gone into bankruptcy is Sony continuously pays them to keep themselves afloat. Considering Sony's position of critical failure in the market, that's pretty much like a stuck pig giving away its blood. Basically, Sony has about 2 years left tops. Get ready for Uncharted on the 360.

>>24357774
its not fanboyish at all, the media really does believe 'ps3 has no gaems' , despite all the great titles which came out last year, this year and hopefully next year theyll still think 'it has no gaems'

why do you think the ps3 is doing so well in europe? My guess is because its just the American media which believes the 'no gaems' to be true, Microsoft is American after all

if anything the wii has no gaems

>>24357792
>Naughty dog, Insomniac.
>Their games suck too.
Woah, Now I'll be the first to admit that LBP, Haze, folklore and heavenly sword were all really bland and mediocre or worse games. BUT YOU SHUT YOUR WHORE MOUTH ABOUT INSOMNIAC AND NAUGHTY DOG DEVELOPED GAMES.

>>24357676
>alot
>alot
Doesn't matter how many a comparative game sold, over 1 million is still a lot of sales.

>if anything the wii has no gaems
Good lord are you in denial.

>>24357679
Oh look, Hasty Generalization.

>>24357429
PS3 was the major mistake not Haze in general.

The quality of the final product is the result of working on a difficult platform like PS3. The developer has to reach a certain date and any set backs have to be quickly remedied. Free Radical was a small company, they didn't have deep pockets to keep this game in development until it was golden; they had to release it on time.

Things like Graphics take time to fine tune, The PS3 has a relatively weak GPU so you have to use the SPUs to supplement all the smaller operations, which might sound easy but it takes time setting all these little tasks to different operations without overloading one or have another idle in turn bottlenecking performance.

The Cell is only more powerful when all the SPUs and CPU are running at maximum efficiency, and this is a balancing act that becomes mighty complected and drives development time through the roof. Time that could have been spent focus testing the game, tightening up the graphics on level 3, or even reworking gameplay elements that suck.

>>24357847
honestly those of you who still think LBP is a bad game, really need to pull their head from out of their ass

its some of the most fun ive had with my girlfriend in ages, its not fun at all to play by yourself though which it isnt intended to be anyway

>>24357929
You don't have a girlfriend.

Ps3 has no gaems.

Enjoy your Talladega Knights.

>>24357924
NO, The game was an FPS. Shoot shit dead is all they had to do, they still fucked that up. FRD are to blame.

>PS3 is a sinking ship.
>PS3 is a sinking ship.
>PS3 is a sinking ship.
>PS3 is a sinking ship.
>PS3 is a sinking ship.
>PS3 is a sinking ship.
>PS3 is a sinking ship.
>PS3 is a sinking ship.
>PS3 is a sinking ship.

>>24357924
2/10.

MGS4 sold 4.5 million. Uncharted 2 million, GTAIV 4.5 million, Resistance 2/LBP 1.5 million each.

Haze PC/360 version was scraped. It's Free Radical's fault it flopped not the PS3. You butthurt 360 faggots will spin anything in order to clams your insecurity's.

>>24357745
Oh shit dude, thank YOU for reminding me.
Back when I used to trade in my games I kept that one because I liked it so much, I'm gonna go find it. I'm at the point I've forgotten everything about it and just left with a nostalgic haze, I'll go relive that shit this week.

Also, Second Sight > Psi Ops. I remember playing them both around the same time.

>>24357887
>>24357960
i own 16 exclusives for the ps3, you honestly still think no gaems? Some people cant even afford this many games throughout a consoles lifespan

>>24357980
Dark Knight outsold MGS4

>>24357929
>How dare he not like a mediocre game
Enjoy if you enjoy it, I just have...you know, tastes.
>My girlfriend.
Enjoy pretending that guy who added you and has a sack girl is your girlfriend.

>>24357924
Quoted for truth.

insomniac seem to be ps3 exclusive, they're games are good

to be honest I never much liked timesplitters either, Haze was pretty crap, i played the demo once then uninstalled. I dunno how it got so much hype though.

>>24357977

They made a big mistake when they all left Rare. Microsoft won't close down Rare no matter what because it's their only developer that can make casual friendly games.

>>24358008
Quality=/=Quantity, look at wii.
>Some people cant even afford this many games throughout a consoles lifespan
Yes, those people are the ones who can't afford a console in the first fucking place.

>>24358024
she lives with me you douchebag

oh right /v/irgins, none of us have girlfriends am i right?

>>24357924
It's at 1.7 million on Blu-ray.

>>24358025
>>24358023
Samefag

>>24358008
Bargain Bin ftw on those shitty exclusives bro, GJ

>>24358030
>they're games are good
And then Insmniac was games.

>>24358058
Just you. Fatty.

>>24357980
I own a PS3, you're mighty defensive of your $599 sinking ship.

>>24357929

>its some of the most fun ive had with my girlfriend in ages, its not fun at all to play by yourself though which it isnt intended to be anyway

Somebody's not getting any.

>>24358116
>I own a PS3,
>still think it's $599
lol. 1/10

>>24358116
He is over defending, however PS3 isn't a sinking ship.

>>24357924
Your first sentence was a Hasty generalization. Just stick with the facts, smokey.

>>24358130
yeah i know...but still feels good to cuddling man

>>24358116
>$599

its like its 2006 all over again bro

>>24357720
>> as Time Splitters was fucking awesome.

No, it was slow boring shit. But if you liked it, more power to you.

I seriously, SERIOUSLY do not get the hard-on everyone has for Free Radical. All their games have major flaws that make them okay, but not worth buying. Just because they had "ZOMG MEMBERS FROM GOLDENEYE" instantly makes them 10/10 GOTY material? Really?

Maybe I should get those developers and CliffyB, Hideo Kojima, Jade Raymond, etc. to join up and make a game so /v/ and the rest of the stupid game community will cream their pants even if reviewers pan it hard.

>>24358116
Owning a PS3 does not make you an authority on the PS3

Nice "Appeal to Authority" bro.

>>24358259
Haze was basically the same half as gameplay as timesplitters except it wasn't witty, It flopped, I guess it's all in the humor.

>>24358259
>slow boring shit

boring maybe, but it was anything but a slow game

shit was fast as fuck

>>24358163

>>24358284
Same applies to you, fag.

I JUST WANTED TIMESPLITTERSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

>>24358338
I'm wondering in what way you mean?

>>24358259
>CliffyB
>10/10 GOTY material

>hilariousreactionimage.jpg

>>24358338
Huh?

>>24358385
>>discovered green text

>>24358377
Oh, thought you were the same person.

>>24357929

You must really suck in bed if LBP was more fun.

The problem with blu-ray marketing wise is that it isn't like the jump from VHS to DVD where there was a very clear shift in technology. The switch from an analog tape that has to be rewound after every use and has no way of including additional features except by placing them after the movie to a disk that can skip to scenes, add bookmarks, and include additional material easily was significant. But blu-ray is still, despite whatever technical advances that are actually at work, just another disk. You can make the case all day about how much better the quality is, but when it comes right down to it, it simply isn't the difference that will cause people to switch in droves. Until more people have HD TV's than there are people who own regular TV's, Blu-ray is destined to be a less popular format. And with things the way they are, that's going to be awhile.

FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF

>>24358259
>Cliffy B

nothing against gears or anything, its a great game and all

but comparing Cliffy to the likes of Hideo and Raymond is like saying this piece of shit is as good as these diamonds

>>24358259
>slow
>boring
I'm seriously confused at how anyone could describe TimeSplitters like that, maybe you played the game at a bad time in your life or maybe you didn't even play it at all. But TimeSplitters was one of the most customizable multiplayer games even now and it was far from boring - totally frantic. However, if it were only the first TimeSplitters game you played then I could see how you've got that impression.. Sort of. I'd put TimeSplitters 2 up there between Perfect Dark and Goldeneye for the best FPS multiplayer ever and the story wasn't that bad either, the whole game had character.

>>24358541
To add, at the time I DID NOT know some of the developers previously worked on Goldeneye.

>>24358474
im still a virgin, why is it always about sex with you guys

do you honestly think if you get a girlfriend the first thing itll be like...hey...wanna have sex? SURE!

>>24358541
Typical SDF response. "lol if u didnt like it u didnt play it"

FUCK IS TIMESPLITTERS 4 IS NEVER RELEASED I'M GOING TO FUCKING KILL MYSELF

I was really counting on Timesplitters 4 blowing me away on the Wii. Now I'll have to keep my fingers crossed for The Conduit.

Timesplitters was great. The first one was just too hard for all you casuals on /v/. Only pros like me enjoyed it.

>>24358719
why? The others were average at best, no need to kill yourself son, just play Haze and imagine everyone as a monkey and you as cortez....Timesplitters 4

>>24358670
Played Timesplitters 2 on the Xbox, genius.
At what point did console choice come into this argument?

>>24358259
>Timesplitters
>Slow
>Boring
Come on guys, there is just no need in this pointless trolling anymore.

>>24358604

I never said anything about it being the first thing you should do. I do, however, think that sex is part of a good relationship.

>>24358778
I heard you like halo

Only pros like me know how to control the waggle.

>>24358783
Ooohohoh, buuuurn on the 360bro.

>>24358824
HALO? MORE LIKE GAYLO

AH AH AH AH AH

CHIPS AND DIP HAAAAAALO PARTY

FIRE UP RESISTANCE 2 BABY FIRE IT UP!!!

>>24358604

I have a girlfriend. Sex isn't everything, but it is something. The main reason that men and women have been hooking up for centuries is sex. You probably wouldn't have ever given your girlfriend a shot if there was an initial attraction, right?

back to the topic at hand

>>24358783
ice cold burn, thats a deep burn

>>24358801
Thanks for your completely off topic and unrelated opinion, flapjack.

>>24358889
Seriously, if you thought timesplitters was average, what shootan games do you like?

>>24358913
relationships

always on topic in /v/

NO
TIMESPLITTERS

PLEASE

DONT DO THIS FREE RADICAL

Look what gaming has come to, /v/.

The smaller companies who actually make good games are going out of business because they can't appeal to the new market, which is completely Nintendo's fault.

FRD tried with Haze and failed. Now we'll probably never have a Timesplitters 4.

>>24358916
Times Splitters 2 was great, 3 just didnt have the same charm to me or fun factor

i still love Quake 2, Cod2(best world war fps ever in my opinion), I like Resistance, the game itself isnt anything revolutionary but i like the whole alternate universe storyline, its really subjective actually

alot of people love halo, alot of people hate halo, so im guessing same thing would apply to timesplitters

You guys are getting trolled hard.

>>24358259

>CliffyB, Hideo Kojima, Jade Raymond

Two of them suck, The one that doesn't is not from North America.

>>24359082
Its rather funny, Haze didnt stray that far from the timesplitters formula, other than nectar at times it felt similar to a timesplitters fps

time splitters is just dated in this day and age, people would rather play their Halo and Resistance, but even those games were better polished than Haze so its not really the markets fault...

>>24359082
3/10

>>24358982

>>24359085
I knew you were trolling. I've never met anyone who has played TS2 and disliked it.

I loved FP, but it was mostly because all the fun I had mapmaking. I liked the campaign a lot too i guess, even though it was too easy. The supporting characters are just so lovable, no matter how bad the acting is.

FUCK YOU SONY. THANKS FOR MAKING FREE RADICAL BANKRUPT. FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF

Wow a thread about a good developer going down drowns in shitty trolls bashing PS3. On /v/ no less. Who'd have thunk it.

>>24359186
Haze was trying far too hard to be realistic when it wasn't, and to me it felt really different from TS. I never played the multiplayer though, so that is probably similar i guess.

>>24359082
So they make a PS3 exclusive game, fail and somehow it's Nintendo and the Wii's fault?

Enough of the fanboy bullshit. They made a mistake and they're suffering the consequences.

>>Wow a thread about a good developer going down drowns in shitty trolls bashing PS3. On /v/ no less. Who'd have thunk it.

Everyone thats who.
I hold you personally responsible for killing free radical because you are a ps3 fanboy and you didn't buy haze.

>>24357101
aw sweet a new reaction pic

Haze would've been a piece of shit on any system it was released on.

Am I the only one who liked Haze?

Fuck you /v/, this isn't about motherfucking console wars. Jesus fucking Christ, it's about one of the few game companies that has consistently made good games, save maybe for Haze, going out of business. Go back to your console faggotry threads, holy fuck.

Goddamn, as common as this is, this thread has gotten me particularly worked up.

I don't own a PS3 and would like to get to the bottom of this already. Why didn't anyone like Haze? Why did it get a 4.5? What was wrong with it?

God damnit. Haze just fucked everything up for them.

Perhaps this is how it should be, since the last game they released was mediocre.

Though I'm sad that we aren't getting TS4.

>>24357847
> LBP
>A mediocre game

This is the cancer killing the industry, right here. Goddamn, maybe casuals are exactly what we need around here.

>>24359361
Good games like nothing thats not Timesplitters.
Haze sucked
Second Sight sucked.
Motherfuckers only ever made 5 games in there entire operation i'm not suprised they are dead.

>>24359368
i actually liked it...

its problem was that it has been done before, and dont give me that bland character crap, Gears of War has aces up it sleeve for that category

WHY DID IT GET A 4.5 IF IT WAS MERELY MEDIOCRE? 4.5 INDICATES SERIOUS FLAW. WHAT WERE ITS SERIOUS FLAWS?

>>24359186
I totally disagree actually, Haze felt too stiff and nothing like the very fluid TS series. The animations weren't nearly as good, the charm wasn't there at all - hell, they went one worse and gave us completely tedious and aggravating characters (BOOSH!). The weapons were very few, setting was generic and boring (give a hand tot he landcruiser, although it could have been better). Haze wasn't even a shadow to the TimeSplitter series in my opinion and if I didn't know FRD developed it then I'd be none the wiser.

>>24359361
And they went out of business because of a game on a certain console. Sony and the PS3 are related.

>>24357980

US sales

http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3171875

>According to Gamasutra, Little Big Planet failed to even crack to top 20 in November, selling approximately 141,000 copies. Following the game's already lukewarm October debut of 215,000 units, these numbers are hardly encouraging -- especially for a game that associate producer Eric Fong billed as "a hardware seller."

UK sales

>the title pushed over 100,000 copies in about 3 weeks time. While the number may seem small, remember that we're only counting the UK (not all of Europe), and most are predicting the actual sales number might be closer to 200,000 when all is said and done this month

tl;dr

everything on the ps3 sells like shit